Welcome to Names Encyclopedia, the place where people contribute to names meaning and even genealogy tracking.

Everyone has a name, but most people have a vague idea what their name means. This site is for those who want to discover name meanings, origins, distribution accross the globe, anagrams, misspells, common name combinations and many other name-related things.
Whenever you think you know more about a name, feel free to share your info with the rest by adding a comment, meaning or any other interesting detail.

News:[10-Dec-2014] We added stats about countries from which a names has been visited. Sometimes this may give you hints about origins of names.
Now you have some rhymes for each name, in case you want to write poems.

[11-Nov-2013] The site is no longer using MediaWiki.
This decision was taken mainly because of the large number of spammers and the very small number of editors.
With this update, many other names have been added, so the total number now exceeds 1 300 000 unique names.
Also, with each name, when possible, Namespedia has: meaning of name, gender, usage as given name, usage as family name, anagrams, mispells, common names, domain name availability, famous people and faces of people.

Questions? Please check first the FAQ section. If your concern is not covered, use the contact form.